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Many long-time Bulloch County residents may remember the late Shorty Smith and the Pea Pickers, a popular band that entertained local crowds for more than 40 years. On Friday, a three-hour tribute concert by Smith's family members, including his son, renowned songwriter Gerald Smith, the "Georgia Quackerjack," will be performed at the Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair.

Statesboro police investigators are searching for the killer of an unidentified man shot early Wednesday morning at Campus Crossings Apartments, located on Lanier Drive near the Georgia Southern University campus.

Statesboro Police investigators are searching for the killer of an unidentified man shot early Wednesday morning at Campus Crossings Apartments, located on Lanier Drive near the Georgia Southern University campus.

After a team from the Federal Emergency Management Agency visited Bulloch County last Friday and Saturday to assess damage from Hurricane Matthew, FEMA surprised local officials by rapidly issuing both a public assistance disaster declaration and an individual assistance disaster declaration.

In his first semester as president of Georgia Southern University, Dr. Jaimie Hebert has streamlined the university's top administration, not refilling vacancies and thus reducing the number of vice presidents from seven to four by 2017. Whether there will be a fifth VP in his cabinet remains under consideration.

If you can feel excitement in the air this week, it is likely because of the annual Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair. In its 55th year, the fair begins with a bang at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17 with a parade, and brings fun, food and family time to Bulloch and six other counties for six whole days.

With a race for president atop the ballot, 70 percent turnout would not be unprecedented in Bulloch County. It also wouldn't be a historic first if more than a third of the county's 30,000 registered voters cast their ballots before Election Day, Nov. 8.